“The physicality of making things, the performance, temporarily displaced how stuck she felt, in this particular body, family, town, time.” Art Book:Memory Piece Source: Memory Piece
“I want you to know that you were wanted. I decided: I wanted you. Yi Ba thought that only men could do what they wanted, but he was wrong. I stood with my toes in the ocean, euphoric at how far I had come, and two months later, when I gave birth to you, I would feel accomplished, tougher than any man.” FeminismPregnancyPregnantChild Bearing Book:The Leavers Source: The Leavers
“I was often fatigued by the city, its bad breath belching through vents in the pavement, a guy testing his cell phone ringtones on a packed subway.” Nyc2000s00s Book:The Leavers Source: The Leavers